“Summertime is always the best of what might be.” Charles Bowden, American writer Some people keep elaborate sports rosters in their head. Some know all the words to Broadway tunes or whom various Kardashians are dating. I know seasons. It's an internal game that started the year I was 22 and a brush with bad… Continue reading Listening to the season
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Frozen-Asset Soup
“The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found.” Calvin Trillin, American writer Looking over my recipe posts, I noticed that many are more about technique than ingredients. That is probably because I cook so much, especially during… Continue reading Frozen-Asset Soup
A good dose of ‘whatever’
“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” Søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher and theologian I had somehow forgotten I had a garden until the moment we turned the corner toward home and it came into view. Such was the power of a time of retreat that even this -- this raucous… Continue reading A good dose of ‘whatever’
Fruity Dark Chocolate
“Your hand and your mouth agreed many years ago that, as far as chocolate is concerned, there is no need to involve your brain.” Dave Barry, American humorist There's a health-affirming diet and there's deprivation. I love chocolate too much to ever confuse the two. Here is a recipe my daughters and I particularly love.… Continue reading Fruity Dark Chocolate
Do you need to be Stephen King?
“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.” Ernest Hemingway, American author It seems a lot of people are either writing a book or thinking about writing a book. It's as much a national past-time as plotting a way to make it onto The Voice or America's… Continue reading Do you need to be Stephen King?
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